Automobile radiator assembly rack



Aug. 28, 1923.

G. H. LOBER AUTOMOBILE RADIATOR ASSEMBLY RACK Original Filed April 29. 1921 .6- ITE A. 7'

IYNVE'NTUR "tains to make .anduse the same, reference Patented Aug. 28, 1923.

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AUTOMOBILE aanra'ron ass'EarBLY RACK."

. Application filed. April 29,1921, Serial No. 465,573. Renewed. I111y 21, 193

ToaZZ whom it may concern: 7 Be 1t known that 1, Gunner: H. Learn, a ClUZen of the-United States, anda resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have made an Invention Appertaining to an Automobile Radiator Assenr bly Rack, and I do hereby declare the following-to be a full, clear, and'exact descrip-. tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled 1n the art to whlch it apperbeing bad to the accon'ipanying drawings, and tothe characters of reference marked thereom-which form a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object to provide an exceedingly convenient and eflicient means for assembling the strips that form the water and air passage-ways of an automobile radiator. The invention provides a means whereby the strips may be easily piled and held in their definite contiguous relation. to each other, and in such aposition that'they may be easily clamped and held until the edges of the strips are sealed by dipping them in solder.

The invention may be contained in structures of different forms. To illustrate a practical application of the invention 1 have selected one of the structures con.- taining the invention as an example and shall describe it hereinafter. The structure selected is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 of the drawings lllustrates a supporting board; Fig. 2 illustrates a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 indicated in Fig. 1.. Fig. 3 is a full size View of a part of the assembling bars and three of the strips secured in position. Fig. 4. illustrates the strips of the radiator assembled and in position for one side thereof to be dipped.

1 is a back or base board that may be tilted rearwa-rdly at a slight angle for convenience in the piling of the strips or the assembling operation. It may be provided with a step or flange or strip 2 secured to the lower edge thereof. The strip :2 is provided with recesses 3 that may be formed by cutting out corners of the strip, which permits easy connection with clamping rods, as hereinafter described. A

The base board 1 is provided with channels a in which are located assembling bars 5 dispose-d parallel to each other and at a distance apart. which is less thanthe lengthof the. strips to be assembled. The bars 5 are provided with channels that conform to the shape of the edges ofthe' radiator, as-

for cxample,if theradiator has a honeycomb appearance, and theopenings of the bent so as to produce thelsquare openings.

"honey-comb are square, the edges willfbe bent accordingly. The channels of 'theas sembl-ing bars 5 are out in th'ebars so as to" conform'to the shape n whlch the edges of the strips-are bent. Thecha-nnels 6 of the bars 5 are cut v to a depth sut'ficiently' great tohold each of the stripsin theeposi tion in which it is placed, andthe portions of the bars 5 in which the channels *are' formed protrude from the board .1 and so that the bottoms of the channels are prefcrably flush with the surface of the board 1. In assembling the strips they are placed in pairs against the board 1, and so thattheir edges enter the channels 6, or pairs of strips may be alternated with single strips ifsingle strips are to beused for spacing. purposes, that is, for spacing between the water passage-Ways formed by thepairs of strips. The strips will thus be held in position and so as to form the honey-comb appearance of the radiator. If the openings of the honey-comb are square in form, the

1 corners of the openings formed by the edges of the strips may be placed 1n pixtaposition,

and they will thus be held by the assembly bars 5 until the strips are dipped.

It is desirable to clamp the strips in the position in which they are assembled and. held by the bars 5 preparatory to the dipping, whereby the pile or assembled strips may be more readily and roughly handled. A pair of bars 7 may be placed on the top and bottom of the strips asassembled and clamped together by means ofthe threaded rods 8 and the nuts 9. In order that the lower bar 7 may be readily placed in position, the lowermost of the strips 10 is placed slightly above the bottom edge of the board 1, that is, slightly above the strip 2. The rods 8 are provided with eyes 11 whereby the clamped assembled strips may be easily picked up with tongs or hooks, or supported or placed on pins preparatory to or during the soldering operation. The lower ends of radiators formed of a plurality of sheet;

the rods '8 willbe located in or in line with the recesses 3 of the strip The recesses 3 form convenient space for manipulating the rods, and yet it permits the lowermost oi": the

strips 10 to he-placedquite close to the lower edge of t 1e board 1. e r

In the soldering; operation the clamped assembled strips are lifted from the board 1,

and the bars-5 will be removed from the channels 4 since they Will be qiiitetightly held inposition by the clamping oi the strips: The bars 5 willhold the strips in position until they are dipped and sealed by the solder. The bars 5 may then be pulled .from the strips, the opposite side olfthe assembled strips beingsealed in position, and teen the other side of the assembled strips may be dipped I claim: 1. In an assembling device for automobile metal strips having. corrugated edge portions, a board having a pair or channels, a

pair of removable strips located inthe chenof the sheet metal strips and intercominunicating at the apices of the corrugations of the channels to place the strips into conmediate the said'strips; e

' 2. In an assembling device for-automobile radiators formedof aplurality of sheet tact at the said points and the points inter- 'nietal strips having corrugated edge portions, 21 board having a pair of channels, a

pairof removable stripslocated in the ch'annels and having edge portions protruding from the board, the edge portions oft-he strips b81112; provided with a plurality of channels of c-orrugatedshape and conform mg to the corrugations of the edge portions" H a of the sheet meteh strips and interc01n municatingat the apices of the corrugations of the channels to place the strips intocontact at the said points and the points intermediate the said str ps,the hoard havinga" flange for, setting a clamping member 10- .ceted at the lower end ofthe strips having the channels for setting: a clamping mem ber andmeans for clamping the assembled I i strips in position.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification" GEORGE LoB'Ee, 

